Hand-propelled folding carriage or chair.



A. T. SCOREY. HAND PROPELLEU moms CARRIAGE 0R CHAIR.

iwgwgu APPLICATDDN FILE 2, 9l6. Patented Apr- 8 A. T. SCOREY. HAND PHQPELLED FOLDING cARmAGE 0R CHAIR.

Telf/Q1' Spr A. T Secam?? A.acoav. HAND PROPELLEI) FGLDING CARRIAGE 0R CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED ALIG.2. 1916. Paiented Apr. 8a

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incense frame is extended by s, estelle 1 bieb engages the slide? ont is ci being easily naleeseci` by pressing on e smell osojecting fingen f5.

The sboitei mein ironie sflriicii is pivoteil within the handle lysine below tbe stays tbe'reol is :ome of sicle membere o proyileil witb Wheels b collapsible stays 2 in e siniile'in siennes to bemolle feme a.. Aim rests site pivote@ to the upper ends of tlie elicit licenseA entiere slotted longltutlinelly l to receive bolts or studs It which ere fined in tbe csme es clearly shown in Fig. 5,. Between the bolts ,le encl the ressentis oi 'the slots in tbeerm tests helical sptingigs m ses intetposeol Willen serve to ebsos'lc sbocl eiesciibcol.

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The ot webbing oi' tbe lille o between two tonnel stieps 0i o2 one of which is stielbed across tbe benclle :3some meer elle banali/cs, While tbe otbec is attached to 'tbe sheet fettine ecioss tbe ccnt oni l eine@ oi sling, not stoeiens sewing es e loot cest? also be sneysenclefl on tbe short liesse le foling oc collapsing tile ceifriege tbe cross leemos sie Lsst iolflecl pet'ellel es sbown in. Fig. 2, 'tbe eine costs j sliding ove? then' bolts .ls taking; op bcsitiens inline with the side membeis el ci tile elicit tems. The cetclics @i holding tbe c'fossetl steys of tbe sicle membeis of tbe offese yeines ere then releasedY snol ellow teinee te be ui'tlzei collepseol, es (lesci'ibefl, to tbe posliown in l Handles may be oioviclegl on tbe bencle ici" assisting in opening the ceitciege end :tot cersying it when olclecl. e l

L leiding certiege oi: ivlieeling cheir coeepi'ising pivotelly connectce ihn-ences9 eeen consisting oi s peli ci parallel specetl. slcls membeis, stm tests limiting the oil-enf movement olf t sbo-ot their pivots and errengecl to move into line with tbe ciale members of one of tbe frames when the carriage or chair is being folded, emi oivotecl excess stays connecting; the side mem- .Leis ci the mein ii'emes seid stays having e sliding connection with tbe frame membeirs et one encl, the Wliole arrangement bcing such tbe-t the mein frame members exe 'cepeble oi being olcled or collapsed. into emctpeiellelism end the opposite erellel sitios of the mein iremos brought c ose together substantially es described.

2. A folding; coma e or chair comprising e peli oil leterelly co epsible mein iremos, e nele oi? erm rests, e peu of longitudinally colle ible sect-supporting elements, emi

s e cclegcsible scst,'seicl frames beinfg pivd subotelly connected together so? es to fo stentielly into perellelism, seid erm-rests being niovebly connected to seid iremos in e teletion to be oleble substantially into perellelism-witb tlie frames when the letter ere folded, seid longitudinally collapsible sent-supporting elements being connectel to opposite sides of the respective frentes, seid collapsible seat being suspended between and supported by said longitudinali collapsible sent-Supporting elements.

3. folding oerrisge or chair comprising relatively long` latere-l1 collapsible frame, e reletively short latere collapsible frame pivotslly connected; to t e long frame and czossing tbe letter, e pair of erm rests each pivotelly connected to the short frame end slidebly connected to the long frame in o. ieletion to be substantially horizontal when in the' useful position, e longitudinally colle'psible scot-supporting element connected to the long freine above seid useful position of the erm rests, e longitudinally collapsible seat-supporting element connected to tbe short frame below tbe pivotal connections of seid arm rests, and e collapsible element supported by seid collapsible seatsupporting elements end constituting a. seat end e beck rest.

ln testimony whereof I ex my signature.

ALFRED THMAS SCOREY. 

